The Commission has launched a public consultation on the options of possible amendment of REACH Annexes for the registration of Nanomaterials.

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Complaints are often aired about the red tape created by European law. We want to cut red tape and we can. However, there is a definite lack of concrete proposals to reduce this burden. With this in mind, the European Commission is calling upon businesses: "Let us know what could [...]

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Developing new policies to boost the competitiveness of European industry is the aim of a new public consultation, which is meant to provide input for the review of the industrial policy communication planned for September 2012. It will focus on developing a limited number of new initiatives that can [...]

In 2008 the Commission launched the EU Raw Materials Initiative. The Commission is now preparing a new Communication which will not only report on progress made with the implementation of this initiative, but also indicate the way forward.

The DG Enterprise and Industry has launched a public consultation on the review of the European Standardisation System.
Comments and suggestions are invited by 21 May 2010 and should be sent by following the instructions that you can find in the introduction page.

The Commission is assisted by a contractor in the task to carry out a review to assess whether or not to amend the scope of REACH (Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of [...]

To seek the views of stakeholders on the draft guiding principles on the voluntary environmental assessment and communication of environmental information along the food chain, including both business-to-business and business-to-consumer. The guiding principles will serve as a basis for developing a framework assessment methodology for food and drink products and [...]

Re-invent Europe through innovation and transform the EU into an innovation society. These are key orientations proposed by a Business Panel on future EU innovation policy for open consultation. The panel was set up by DG Enteprise and Industry to provide bold ideas for a new European Plan for Innovation. [...]

Measuring instruments are essential to ensure accuracy of measurement: examples include water meters, taximeters, electricity meters and weighing machines.
The consultation is intended to collect feedback from industry, SMEs, trade unions, consumers, governments and interested individuals on the current Commission approach, aimed to extend the scope of Directive 2004/22/EC on Measuring [...]